25 “I
applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the
reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and
madness:”
Solomon
illustrates for us time and time again the mixture that was in him; this is not
the pathway to righteousness peace and joy but rather to confusion and misery.
The quest one should be on is not one the mixture of Ecclesiastes 1:17 “And I gave
my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this
also is vexation of spirit.” Or of Ecclesiastes
2:12 “And I turned myself to behold
wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can
the man do that cometh after
the king? even that which hath
been already done.” Our quest should be to have the mixture removed from
our lives and to have singleness of vision; David illustrates this for us in Psalm 27:4 “One thing have I
desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of
the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to
enquire in his temple.” Whilst Solomon sought for, and pursued, many things
his father David was seeking for one thing only!
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